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Nichts scheint verdächtig, als Gerald Wade im Hause Lord Caterhams einem Herzversagen erliegt. Aber als kurz darauf sein Freund Ronald Devereux erschossen wird, macht sich Eileen Caterham, die Tochter des Lords, auf Verbrecherjagd. Ihr einziger Hinweis sind die letzten Worte des Verstorbenen: Seven Dials. Superintendent Battle lässt Eileen bei ihren Ermittlungen freie Hand und so entwickelt jeder seine eigene Methode, den Mörder zu fangen. Und Eileen forscht so gar nicht ladylike nach dem Täter.

Two bestselling Agatha Christie novels in one great audiobook: Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Agatha Christie’s classic, The Hollow, finds Poirot entangled in a nasty web of family secrets when he comes across a fresh murder at an English country manor.

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook. Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran. In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.

Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love—crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries.

Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood and that her local doctor is next in line. But within hours, Miss Pinkerton has been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke is inclined to think so - until he reads in the Times of the unexpected demise of Wychwood's Dr. Humbleby....

Two best-selling Agatha Christie novels in one great audiobook. The Secret Adversary: From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo. And Then There Were None: One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense! Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host, who, surprisingly, fails to appear.

This electric short story begins in October on the island of Rhodes, a veritable paradise of privacy, beauty and calm, or so Hercule Poirot has imagined. The reality is quite startlingly different. The idyll is disturbed by the arrival of famed Chanel beauty Valentine Chantry, and a ripple of malice is felt across the island. Captivated by her wiles and immaculate good looks, one young married man falters, closely watched by Valentine’s brooding husband and the watchful eye of Poirot.

Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the best-known jewels in the world. Excited by his anecdotes, the wealthy matron eagerly offers to show him a very expensive pearl necklace, but when she goes to retrieve it, she discovers that it has been stolen.

Mr Parker Pyne is asked to catch a diamond thief during regatta festivities at Dartmouth harbour when more conventional search methods prove fruitless.

A classic Agatha Christie short story available individually for the first time in audio. Plans for a secret bomber plane have been stolen from a minister’s house. Poirot is called to discreetly investigate the guests and to locate the plans before they fall into the enemy’s hands.

Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on the balcony of Denis and Margery Dacre, when she realised she had included blood stains on the pavement. A few days later, Margery is found having drowned and the Club are called to solve the mystery.

Summertime - as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From Cornwall to the French Riviera, whether against a background of Delphic temples or English country houses, Agatha Christie’s most famous characters solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the summer sun beats down. Pull up a deckchair and enjoy plot twists and red herrings galore from the best-selling fiction writer of all time.

Is the ‘perfect murder’ possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable—even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel.

Mystery writer Anthony Eastwood is lured to the crime scene of a faked murder. Two individuals masquerading as police officers arrest him and charge him for murder. As the phoney police officers escort Mr Eastwood home, the true goal of the masquerade becomes apparent.

An ageing barrister begins to regret past events when an old flame asks him to investigate the murder of her eccentric wealthy aunt in a mystery that recalls an old nursery rhyme....

When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne in order to escape his boredom. Pyne’s assistant arranges a chance meeting with the beautiful Freda Clegg, and the two join forces, but on leaving for Africa they encounter more than they had bargained for.

Sídlo zvané Slunečný vrch navštíví jednoho dne doktor Calgary, dychtivý tlumočit rodině Argylových dobrou zprávu. Jejich syn Jack, odsouzený před časem za úkladnou vraždu své matky, tento zločin nespáchal - v době úmrtí zesnulé totiž seděl v autě právě s ním. Jenže Jack ve vězení zemřel a nikdo z početné rodiny, která ránu osudu přežila, není novým zjištěním právě nadšený. A Calgarymu postupně dochází, co znamená očištění předpokládaného viníka. Paní Argylovou musel zabít někdo jiný z okruhu jejích nejbližších.

Záhada na zámku Styles je prvním románem Agathy Christie s jedinečným a dnes již legendárním belgickým detektivem Herculem Poirotem. Debutující spisovatelka mu hned na úvod připravila nelehký úkol: Když v rozlehlém sídle za podivných okolností umírá jeho postarší, křehká, leč bohatá majitelka, podezření, že byla otrávena, se brzy změní ve skutečnost. Kdo je však vrahem? Manžel Alfréd? Nevlastní syn John Cavendish? Jeho krásná tajemná žena Mary? Nebo snad rodinný lékař?

Kapitán Hastings, Hercule Poirot a zámek Styles - tam ti dva poprvé vyrazili na lov vraha tehdejší majitelky. A tam se také po letech setkávají, aby společně odhalili dalšího mimořádně nebezpečného zločince. Slavný detektiv, sužovaný stářím a chorobou, se za pomoci svých malých šedých buněk a věrného přítele naposledy pouští do souboje se zlem v lidské podobě - výhru si však tentokrát vybere nejen spravedlnost (byť ve zcela nečekané podobě), ale i smrt.

Jedna rozvětvená rodina, jeden zvláštní dům a mnoho nebezpečných tajemství... Příběh, který Agatha Christie označila za jednu ze svých nejoblíbenějších detektivek, nepřivádína scénu ani slavnou slečnu Marplovou, ani bystrého ješitu Hercula Poirota. Ve velkém, poněkud bizarním domě na předměstí Londýna žije rozvětvená rodina řeckého přistěhovalce Aristida Leonidese. Když bohatý starý pán náhle zemře, vše nasvědčuje tomu, že byl úkladně zabit a pachatele je nutno hledat mezi rodinnými příslušníky.